June
1 Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431 (from 30)
1 Laying of Foundation Stone of Rectory 1907
3 Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 & Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, 1977
3 John XXIII, bishop of Rome, reformer, 1963
5 PENTECOST
6 Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945
8 Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Non-Juror, Hymn Writer, 1711
8 Ember Wednesday
9 Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597
9 Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Teacher of the Faith, 373
10 Ember Friday
11 BARNABAS, APOSTLE AND MARTYR
12 TRINITY
14 Antony of Padua, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1231 (from 13)
15 Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941
16 Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253
18 Bernard Mizeki, Apostle to the MaShona, Martyr, 1896
19 CORPUS CHRISTI
22 ALBAN, FIRST MARTYR OF BRITAIN, c209
24 SACRED HEART
25 THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (from 24)
26 PENTECOST 3
27 Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 444
28 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c200
29 PETER and PAUL, APOSTLES AND MARTYRS
29 Consecration of Augustus Short as first bishop of Adelaide and inauguration of the See of Adelaide 1847
July
1 Coming of the Light, First Missionaries to the Torres Strait, 1871
1 Henry and John Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1797 and 1813
3 PENTECOST 4
6 John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester and Thomas More, Scholar, Martyrs, 1535
9 BENEDICT OF NURSIA, Abbot of Monte Casino, Father of Western Monasticism, patron of Europe, c550 (from 11)
10 PENTECOST 5
13 Sydney James Kirkby, bishop, pioneer of outback ministry and the Bush Church Aid Society, 1935
14 JOHN KEBLE & THE FOUNDERS OF THE OXFORD MOVEMENT
15 Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
17 CATHOLIC RENEWAL SUNDAY
18 Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883
19 Gregory of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers of the Faith, c394 and c379
20 Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th Cent.
20 Bartolmé de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566
22 MARY MAGDALENE
23 Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, Patron of Europe, 1373
24 PENTECOST 7
25 JAMES, APOSTLE AND MARTYR
26 Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
27 Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901
29 Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of the Lord
30 William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson: Anti-Slavery Campaigners, 1833, 1797 and 1846 & all Social Reformers
31 PENTECOST 8
August
1 Holy Men and Women of the Old Testament
4 John-Baptist Vianney, the Curé d’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859
5 Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642
6 THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
7 PENTECOST 9
7 John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866
8 Dominic, Friar, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221
8 Mary MacKillop of the Cross, Founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Cross, 1909
9 Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921
10 Laurence, Deacon at Rome, 258
11 Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
14 PENTECOST 10
15 MARY, MOTHER OF OUR LORD
20 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
20 William and Catherine Booth, Founder of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890
21 PENTECOST 11
22 Mary, Queen of Heaven (Octave festival)
24 BARTHOLOMEW, APOSTLE AND MARTYR
27 Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
28 PENTECOST 12
28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430
29 BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
30 John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688
31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651
September
1 CONSECRATION & DEDICATION OF CHURCH, 1903
2 THE MARTYRS OF NEW GUINEA, 1942
3 Gregory of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 640; Eliza Darling
4 SUNDAY IN OCTAVE OF CONSECRATION & DEDICATION OF CHURCH, 1903
4 Translation of St Cuthbert
6 St Michael of Colossae
8 BIRTH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
9 Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880
11 PENTECOST 14
13 John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407
14 HOLY CROSS DAY
15 Our Lady of Sorrows
15 John Oliver Feetham, Bishop and Bush Brother, 1947
16 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, bishop and martyr, 258
16 Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts, c432
16 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882
17 Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179
18 PENTECOST 15
19 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
20 John Coleridge Patterson, First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
20 Andrew Kin Taegon and the Martyrs of Korea and the Pacific
21 MATTHEW, APOSTLE, EVANGELIST AND MARTYR
23 Ember Friday
23 Thecla, Virgin 1st C.
24 Our Lady of Walsingham
25 MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS (from 29)
26 Wilson Carlile, Priest, Founder of the Church Army, 1942
27 Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists) 1660
28 Wenceslas, Prince, Martyr, Apostle to the Czechs, c907
30 Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420
October
2 PENTECOST 17
2 The Guardian Angels
3 George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958
4 Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226
5 Augustus Short, First Bishop of Adelaide, 1883
6 William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536
7 Blessed Virgin of the Rosary
9 PENTECOST 18
9 Denys, Bishop of Paris and his Companions, Martyrs, c258
9 Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253
9 John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890
10 Thomas Traherne, Poet, Spiritual Writer, 1674
11 Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675
12 Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845
12 Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, 709
13 Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066
15 Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582
16 PENTECOST 19
16 Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worchester and Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, Martyrs
17 Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c107
18 LUKE, EVANGELIST AND MARTYR
19 Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812
23 PENTECOST 20
24 United Nations, Inaugurated 1945
26 Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899
26 Cedd, Abbot of Lastingham, bishop of the East Saxons, 664
28 SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES AND MARTYRS
29 James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885
30 PENTECOST 21
31 Martin Luther, 1546 and other Continental Reformers
November
2 ALL SOULS
3 Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher of the Faith, 1600
4 Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, Reformer, 1584
5 Laying of Foundation Stone of 1st Church 1882?
6 ALL SAINTS (from 1)
7 Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739
8 Saints, Martyrs, Missionaries and Teachers of the Anglican Communion
9 Margery Kempe, Mystic, c1440
10 Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 461
11 Martin, Bishop of Tours, c397
11 Armistice Day
13 PENTECOST 23
13 Benedictine Saints
14 Benedictine Souls
16 Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093
16 Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240
17 Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
18 Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231
19 Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
19 Mechtild, Béguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280
20 CHRIST THE KING
21 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
22 Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c230
23 Clement, Bishop of Rome, c100
24 Andrew Dung-Lac, 1839 and the martyrs of Vietnam
25 Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th Cent.
25 James Noble, first indigenous Australian ordained, 1941
25 Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748
27 ADVENT 1
29 Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church
30 ANDREW, APOSTLE AND MARTYR
December
1 Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916
2 Frances Perry, Founder of Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, 1892
2 Channing Moore Williams, Anglican Missionary Bishop to China and Japan, 1910
3 Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, missionary, 1552
4 ADVENT 2
6 Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c326
7 Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397
8 The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8 Richard Baxter, Pastor and Spiritual Writer, 1691
11 ADVENT 3
13 LUCY, MARTYR AT SYRACUSE, 304
13 Samuel Johnson, Moralist, 1784
14 Ember Wednesday
14 John of the Cross, Poet, Teacher of the Faith, 1591
16 Ember Friday
17 Ember Saturday
17 O Sapientia
17 Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of “Save the Children”, 1928
18 ADVENT 4
21 THOMAS, APOSTLE AND MARTYR
25 THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD; CHRISTMAS DAY
26 STEPHEN, DEACON AND FIRST MARTYR
27 JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST
28 HOLY INNOCENTS
29 THOMAS BECKET, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, MARTYR, 1170
30 Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1905
31 John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384